Phylogeny meets ecotoxicology: evolutionary patterns of sensitivity to a common insecticide.

ABSTRACT: Pesticides commonly occur in aquatic systems and pose a substantial challenge to the conservation of many taxa. Ecotoxicology has traditionally met this challenge by focusing on short-term, single-species tests and conducting risk assessments based on the most sensitive species tested. Rarely have ecotoxicology data been examined from an evolutionary perspective, and to our knowledge, there has never been a phylogenetic analysis of sensitivity, despite the fact that doing so would provide insights into patterns of sensitivity among species and identify which clades are the most sensitive to a particular pesticide. We examined phylogenetic patterns of pesticide sensitivity in amphibians, a group of conservation concern owing to global population declines. Using the insecticide endosulfan, w

SUBMITTER: Hammond JI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3461142 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature